Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate with a conductive structure and a substrate encapsulant. The conductive structure has a lead with a lead via and a lead protrusion. The lead via can include via lateral sides defined by first concave portions and the lead protrusion can include protrusion lateral sides defined by second concave portions. The substrate encapsulant covers the first concave portions at a first side of the substrate but not the second concave portions so that the lead protrusion protrudes from the substrate encapsulant at a second side of the substrate. An electronic component can be adjacent to the first side of the substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive structure. A body encapsulant encapsulates portions of the electronic component and the substrate. The lead can further include a lead trace at the second side of the substrate.

Abstract: An encoding/decoding apparatus and method for controlling a channel signal is disclosed, wherein the encoding apparatus may include an encoder to encode an object signal, a channel signal, and rendering information for the channel signal, and a bit stream generator to generate, as a bit stream, the encoded object signal, the encoded channel signal, and the encoded rendering information for the channel signal.

Abstract: A vapor chamber comprises a front surface member having a curvature, a rear surface member coupled to the front surface member, a wick disposed between the front surface member and the rear surface member, and a refrigerant at least partially filled between the front surface member and the rear surface member, wherein the rear surface member includes a plurality of bent areas.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array and a control unit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory regions coupled to a plurality of word lines. The plurality of memory regions include first and second memory regions coupled to upper and lower word lines, respectively. The control logic performs, after receiving first data and second data, a first program operation on the first memory region to store the first data and a second program operation on the second memory region to store the second data.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a housing including a hole for receiving an aerosol generating article and a guide apart from the hole; and a cover configured to move along the guide between a first position and a second position to open or close the hole, wherein the hole is open when the cover is located in the first position, and the hole is closed when the cover is located in the second position.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body having a first surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface connected to the first surface and opposing each other in a length direction; a support substrate disposed inside the body; a coil portion comprising a first coil pattern and first and second lead-out patterns, each disposed on a first surface of the support substrate; first and second slit portions, respectively defined on edge portions of the first surface of the body to expose the first and second lead-out patterns; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second slit portions to be connected to the first and second lead-out patterns. At least one of the first and second lead-out patterns has a thickness greater than a thickness of each of the first coil pattern and the first dummy lead-out pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: A method of controlling a wireless power transmitter to detect a foreign object can include in response to a wireless power receiver being placed in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, determining a current peak frequency; collecting a communication error count related to communication between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver; determining a reference frequency for detecting the foreign object based on a reference peak frequency received from the wireless power receiver; and determining that the foreign object is present within the charging area based on the current peak frequency, the communication error count and the reference frequency.

Abstract: A razor assembly is proposed. The razor assembly may include a blade housing configured to receive at least one or more shaving blades in a longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may also include a connector disposed on the rear side of the blade housing and a spin housing coupled to the connector. The razor assembly may further include a fixing housing coupled to the spin housing and configured to render the spin housing to be rotatable about a first rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The razor assembly may further include a first restoring force-providing unit configured to provide a restoring force for restoring the spin housing to a first rest position when the spin housing is rotated about the first rotational axis relative to the fixing housing.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes generating a preprocessed infrared (IR) image by performing first preprocessing based on an IR image including an object; generating a preprocessed depth image by performing second preprocessing based on a depth image including the object; and determining whether the object is a genuine object based on the preprocessed IR image and the preprocessed depth image

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a photoresist coater applying a photoresist film on a substrate, a humidifier increasing an amount of moisture in an ambient to which the photoresist film on the substrate is exposed, and an exposer irradiating the photoresist film exposed to the ambient having the increased amount of moisture with light. The humidifier is disposed between the photoresist coater and the exposer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an E. coli hisG-derived ATP-phosphoribosyltransferase variant having a reduced feedback inhibition by histidine and a strain expressing the same. The variant may maintain its activity even at a high histidine concentration, thus increasing histidine production.

Abstract: A coil component is provided. The coil component includes a body having fifth and sixth surfaces opposing each other, first and second surfaces respectively connecting the fifth and sixth surfaces of the body and opposing each other, and third and fourth surfaces respectively connecting the first and second surfaces of the body and opposing each other in one direction, a recess disposed in an edge between one of the first and second surfaces of the body and the sixth surface of the body, a coil portion disposed inside the body and exposed through the recess, and an external electrode including a connection portion disposed in the recess and connected to the coil portion, and a pad portion disposed on one surface of the body. A length of the pad portion in the one direction is greater than a length of the connection portion in the one direction.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, a can, and an insulator. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode alternately stacked and wound. The can has an accommodation part accommodating the electrode assembly therein, and the can comprises a first can and a second can having cylindrical shapes open in a direction facing each other. The insulator insulates an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can is electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second can is electrically connected to the second electrode. The insulator has a short-circuit induction through-part defined by a through-hole or a cutoff line, such that a short circuit occurs between the first can and the second can through the short-circuit induction through-part when it is deformed in shape as heat or a pressure is applied to contract or expand the insulator.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode sheet, a second electrode sheet, a separator sheet located between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode sheet, the second electrode sheet and the separator being wound about a winding central axis to define a cavity, and a netlike tube-shaped support is installed along a lengthwise direction of the cavity. A wireless pressure sensor or a wireless temperature sensor may be installed in at least one location of an outer or inner surface of the netlike tube-shaped support. A cylindrical battery including the electrode assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter including a reception unit configured to receive a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from a wireless power receiver; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a response indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter to the wireless power receiver, wherein the FOD status packet includes a mode bit field, wherein the mode bit field indicates whether the FOD status packet includes a reference peak frequency of the wireless power receiver, wherein the reference peak frequency is pre-allocated to the wireless power receiver, and wherein the response is determined using a measured peak frequency of a transmitted power signal and an adaptive threshold frequency based on the reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the communication unit receives a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet, wherein the communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver,

Abstract: Discussed is a display device capable of preventing lowering in a cathode voltage by the provision of an auxiliary connection portion and improving both the transmission efficiency of a transmissive portion and the luminance of an emission portion in a structure having both the transmissive portion and the emission portion.

Abstract: A wireless power receiver for receiving power from a wireless power transmitter, including a receiving part configured to receive wireless power from the wireless power transmitter; and a main controller in which a foreign object detection status packet including at least one of a reference quality factor and a reference peak frequency is stored, wherein the main controller transmits the foreign object detection status packet to the wireless power transmitter; wherein the main controller receives a NAK response from the wireless power transmitter indicating that the foreign object is present, or receives an ACK response from the wireless power transmitter indicating that the foreign object is not present; and wherein the receiving part receives a first power from the wireless power transmitter according to the received NAK response, or receives a second power greater than the first power from the wireless power transmitter according to the received ACK response.